Talk:Heartland

Eternity HUD issues
I'm trying to set up the HUD so I can view Kill/Item/Secret counts but no matter how much I fiddle with the HUD I can't see those counts. If anyone is familiar with the Eternity Engine so I can add that information to the respective maps, I'd greatly appreciate that. --Cacadem0n64 16:51, 29 April 2021 (EST).
 * Under Options->HUD Settings, keep Hide Secrets set to No, then in the main screen hit '+' until the status bar disappears. But those three totals are not meaningful and should not be added to map articles. The Heartland maps use a UDMF sector option (secret = true) that isn't in the specs so wasn't supported by DMMPST yet. I've now added the correct secret sector numbers. For the thing counts, as already mentioned, the custom things table is needed, then they can be added via DMMPST/XymphBot too. --Xymph (talk) 16:49, 29 April 2021 (CDT)
 * Also, please do not add walkthroughs one paragraph at a time. This creates unnecessary repeated work for reviewers. It's better for the wiki to write and proofread the complete walkthrough offline, and then add it to the article. Btw, the one for MAP01 (by Lokbustam257) is incomplete and could be improved in the English department. Since you're obviously familiar with Heartland, it would be helpful if you could flesh it out. Thanks. --Xymph (talk) 17:04, 29 April 2021 (CDT)
 * Sorry I'll keep that in mind when adding summaries in the future. I'll look at the map 01 summary and flesh it out. As for the custom tables thing- 1) I'm not sure how to add custom tables in the editor and 2) I'm not sure what they would be used for, could you please explain why we need them for the Heartland pages? --Cacadem0n64 00:02, 1 May 2021 (EST).
 * You don't add them to any editor; a table is needed for DMMPST and its custom things feature so Things tables can be correctly generated with the names of monsters/weapons/items used in a WAD. See the examples linked elsewhere, those WAD overviews, and their map articles. So the table requires the thing type numbers (aka DoomEd numbers) that are typically found in DeHackEd/DECORATE lumps or, in Eternity's case, the EDF lumps, matched with thing names. --Xymph (talk) 03:33, 1 May 2021 (CDT)